Only if you let them.
The things they say are so despicable and unforgiveable that most people can't even respond. Yet no one throws them off the bus in the Commie movement. They just smile and walk away.
The right response would have been none at all. Two more days and the news cycle would obliterate it.
The political reality is, when it comes to race, Republicans and Democrats are held to a different standard. Pretending otherwise will continue to cause setbacks to conservative causes.
And jackasses like this guy are not helpful.